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The term zombie is used to describe a
corpse believed to be reanimated by a spirit
and enslaved. The idea, widespread in Haiti,
possibly arose from voodoo priests using the
nerve poison tetrodotoxin which is found in
puffer fish to produce a semblance of death
from which the victim afterwards physically
recovers. Those eating incorrectly prepared
puffer fish in Japan have been similarly
affected.
Subject by: Vince Pike